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Seven Ways to Make More Time for Yourself (and Banish “I’m Busy”)

Kevin Eikenberry

Ok, I know you can’t literally make time. We all have the same 60 minutes per hour – a total of 1440 minutes each day. Yet you don’t have to look very hard to realize that some people achieve far more than others, and those same people are often calm and at peace, too. You […]. The post Seven Ways to Make More Time for Yourself (and Banish “I’m Busy”) appeared first on Kevin Eikenberry on Leadership & Learning.

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These Experts Redefine Effective Performance Management

15Five

The field of human resources is changing. Among all the challenges HR professionals face, few are more important than measuring and addressing employee performance. Unfortunately, effective performance management is a topic fraught with questions: Are ongoing feedback sessions preferable to traditional annual reviews ? Should performance and compensation be discussed separately or together?

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Perseverance and Persistence – #MTtalk Roundup

Mind Tools Strategy

“We are not born with abilities. This comes from practice, persistence and perseverance.” – Debasish Mridha, American physician and author. About This Week’s Chat. We moved into a new house recently, after having lived in an apartment for nine years. Long before the move took place, I told my husband that as soon as the move was complete I would get a dog.

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The Science of Gratitude

Leadership Freak

The more you learn about gratitude, the more it becomes a magic elixir. Robert Emmons, one of the world’s leading experts on gratitude, says… Gratitude has the power to: Heal. Energize. Change lives.

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SME Relationships: Proven Solutions for Seamless Collaboration and Success

Speaker: Tim Buteyn, President of ThinkingKap Learning Solutions

💢 Do you find yourself stuck in never-ending review cycles? Are you wondering if your Subject Matter Expert actually got that last review request? Are you having trouble trying to decipher impractical or conflicting feedback? 💢 If any of these scenarios sounds familiar, you may benefit from a crash course on managing SME relationships!

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The Power of Process Improvement – Remarkable TV

Kevin Eikenberry

This is the 250th episode of Remarkable TV so it only seems appropriate that we use our journey in getting here to talk about the power of process improvement. In this episode, I’ll share one of the biggest reasons for our success in launching this video series as well as three simple ideas you can […]. The post The Power of Process Improvement – Remarkable TV appeared first on Kevin Eikenberry on Leadership & Learning.

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How to spice up your SCRUM using Improv?

Agile42

Have you ever been part of a great team? A team that made you love going to work every day. A team that encouraged you to accomplish goals that you thought were near impossible. Have you ever been part of a team from hell? A team with constant conflict and disagreements. A team where everyone was too afraid to speak the truth. In his book “ The Five Dysfunctions of a Team ”, Patrick Lencioni refers to trust as a foundation and key ingredient to high performing teams.

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Navigating Turbulence when Forming New Teams

Leadership Freak

You can’t predict the path forward when facing new challenges. But leading a new team, thanks to “Tuckman’s Stages,” has elements of predictability. Four stages – plus one: #1.

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The Mindset of a Remarkable Leader

Kevin Eikenberry

Does what people think, believe, and value make a difference in how they lead others? More specifically, does someone’s mindset affect your willingness to believe in and follow them? The answer is obvious, yet we seldom think about it. Rather, we focus on providing skills to leaders and expect that those skills will be enough […]. The post The Mindset of a Remarkable Leader appeared first on Kevin Eikenberry on Leadership & Learning.

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Leadership in an Agile Context: Preview of our Don't Panic series

Agile42

Agility requires a change in mindset. This involves changing past traditions, habits, and behaviours. But culture is difficult to work with. Often, we panic and we question ourselves: “What is the likelihood that I will be able to positively change my organization?”. Ultimately, we talk ourselves out of making any changes because we don’t believe we can.

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New Guide: Choosing Employee Performance Software To Ease Common HR Pain Points

15Five

If our collective experience has taught us nothing else, it’s that modern Human Resources teams face increasingly complex challenges. On top of that, HR is disproportionately appreciated relative to the importance of their role, which is broader than many realize. It’s not all doom and gloom for People Ops, though! Yes, corporate roles like these can be tough, but if you approach them the right way you can simplify both short- and long-term tasks while gaining kudos from your peers in the proces

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Change Management 101: A Practical 3 Part Guide

Implementing new tools or business processes in your organization? Lemon Learning put together a practical 3 part guide to prevent the pitfalls of change management. Drive a successful change management project from diagnosis through to measurement.

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How Curiosity Energizes Team Members

Leadership Freak

I asked a question that drained a leader’s energy. She’s facing new challenges and feels trapped. Meeting challenges, seizing opportunities, and solving people-issues require energy.

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14 Benefits of Employee Engagement that Work

Vantage Circle

Before explaining the benefits of employee engagement, a quick recap on what employee engagement means. It refers to the emotional attachment employees have with their organisation. According to a dictionary, it is the “emotional connection an employee feels towards his or her organization, which tends to influence his or her behaviors and level of effort in work-related activities.”.

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The Link between Engagement and Company Culture

LSA Global

Employee Engagement and Company Culture. The link between engagement and company culture is not hard to find. We define culture as how and why things truly get done in an organization. We define employee engagement as the strength of the mental and emotional connection employees feel toward their places of work. Employee engagement is NOT the same thing as happiness, satisfaction, or well-being, and company culture is NOT the same thing as employee engagement.

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What’s next for marketplace startups? Reinventing the $10 trillion service economy, that’s what.

Andrew Chen

[Dear readers, this essay is on the future of marketplaces. Is there still room for marketplace startups to innovate? We answer, emphatically, yes! Am excited to share a vision on the past and future of the service economy, in a collaboration by my a16z colleague Li Jin. From “Unbundling Craiglist” to “Uber for X” – we lay it all out in a single framework.

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Is Training the Right Solution?

Speaker: Tim Buteyn

Let's set the scene: you’ve identified a critical performance gap in your organization and need to close that gap. A colleague suggests training, but you suspect there’s something going on that training can’t address. How can you determine if training is the right solution before you commit your budget and resources to a new training program? In this webinar, you will learn how to determine if training is the right solution using the Behavior Engineering Model.

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How to Coach Your Boss to Success without Losing Your Job

Leadership Freak

Leadership success centers on bringing out the best in others, even your boss. Most leaders don’t enjoy being told what to do. Use questions rather than directions. But avoid manipulation.

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14 Benefits of Employee Engagement that Work

Vantage Circle

Before explaining the benefits of employee engagement, a quick recap on what employee engagement means. It refers to the emotional attachment employees have with their organisation. According to a dictionary, it is the “emotional connection an employee feels towards his or her organization, which tends to influence his or her behaviors and level of effort in work-related activities.”.

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The Chairman of Nokia on Managing His Replacement

Leadership Freak

The danger of being promoted is micromanaging your replacement. When you feel more skilled than your replacement… your replacement won’t do things ‘right’ because you ‘know’ how to do their job.

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Obsession Made Them Remarkable

Leadership Freak

We went to the Christmas Spectacular in New York City this year because a friend performs in the show. The show is spectacular because it’s done with precision time after time.

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Revitalizing Dry Content: A Lesson in Engagement

Speaker: Tim Buteyn, President of ThinkingKap Learning Solutions

We’ve all been there. You’ve been given a pile of dry content and asked to create a compelling eLearning course. You’re determined to create something more engaging than the same old course that learners quickly click through, but how do you take this “boring” content and create something relevant and engaging? Many instructional designers will say, “Boring in means boring out.